all one in Christ Iesus If ye be Christes then are ye Abrahams sede heires according to the promise The places of holy scripture and the woordes makyng for the institucion of the Lordes supper are these here folowing Math. xxvi VVHan they were eatyng Iesus tooke breade and whan he had geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to the disciples and sayed take eate this is my body And he tooke the cuppe and thanked and gaue it them saying drynke ye all of this For this is my bloude whiche is of the newe testamēt that is shed for many for the remission of synnes Marke xiiii And as they were eatyng Iesus toke bread and whan he had geuen thākes he brake it and gaue to them sayed take eate this is my bodye And he toke the cup and whan he had geuen thankes he toke it to thē and they all dranke of it and he sayed vnto them this is my bloud of the newe testamente whiche is shed for many Luke xxii And he toke bread and whan he had geuen thankes he brake it and gaue vnto them saying this is my body whiche is geuen for you This do ye in the remembraunce of me lykewise also whan he had supped he tooke the cup saying this cup is the newe Testamente in my bloude whiche is shed for you 1. Corin. xi That whiche I haue deliuered vnto you I receiued of the lord For the lord Iesus thesame night in whiche he was betraied toke breade and whan he had geuen thankes he brake it said take ye eat this is my body which is broken for you This do ye in the remembraunce of me After thesame maner also he toke the cuppe whan supper was doen saying this cuppe is the newe Testament in my bloude This do as ofte as ye drinke it in remembraunce of me For as often as ye shal eat this bread and drinke of this cup ye shall shew the lordes death till he come Wherfore whosoeuer shal eate of this bread or drynke of this cuppe of the lorde vnworthily shall bee giltie of the bodye and bloud of the Lorde But lette a man examine hymselfe and so lette him eate of the bread and drynke of the cuppe For he that eateth drynketh vnworthyly eateth drynketh his owne damnacion because he maketh no difference of the lordes body ¶ The woordes of the ecclesiasticall discipline or brotherlye correccion are these Math. xviii THe Lorde Iesus sayth If thy brother sinneth against thee go thy wayes and rebuke hym betwixt the hym alone If he heare the than hast thou wonne thy brother If he wyll not heare the then take one or two vnto the that euery thyng may be at a stay by the mouthe of two or thre witnesses If he wyll not yet heare the then tell it vnto the congregacion If he will not heare the cōgregacion then take him as a heathen and as an vnchristian Verely I say vnto you Whatsoeuer ye shal bynde vpon earth shal also be bound in heauen And whatsoeuer ye shall leuse vpon earth shall be also leused in heauen M. Well now declare me the same poyntes euerye one after other as I haue taught the here tofore fyrst tell me why dyd God geue the .x. cōmaundementes vnto man S. Forsouthe to th entent we might lerne his will out of them Psal xi know what he wylleth vs to do and what to leaue vndone Esai viii For the lawe of the .x. cōmaundementes is a perfite rule wherby the wyll of god is knowē Luke xvi both how to behaue our selfes towardes him our almightie euerlastyng god and maker also towarde our neighbour and euen christen M. What meaneth the Lorde where he sayeth I am the lord thy God c. S. He wylleth that we should beleue knowlege that he of his free mercye through our sauiour Iesus Christ Collo i. Gala. iiii hath redemed vs from the power of the deuill from the bondage of the worlde and of synne and hath receiued vs to be his owne peculiar heires into the fredome felowship of euerlastyng life lyke as he receyued the Iewes vnto hym Exo. xiiii whan he redeemed them out of the tirannie of the Egypcians M. And what is the vnderstāding of these wordes Thou shalt haue none other Gods c. S. He wylleth by those woordes that we shoulde withall diligence eschewe and be ware of all maner of Idolatry and false seruice of God inuented by man though it seme or be neuer so high and gloryous M. What is Idolatrye S. Idolatrye is to haue besydes the onely ryght god our heuenlye father Esa xlv some other to seeke helpe at Or Idolatrye is to make some other mediatour or aduocate betwene God and vs than alonely our sauiour Iesus Christe i. Tim. ii M. Maye we not than vse the help and intercession of the holy Angels sainctes that they may make intercession for vs vnto God S. We ought to seeke nor vse none other meanes to obteyne the fauour of God and reconciliacion of Iesus Christe than alonely suche as the lorde hym selfe hath appointed in his holy worde but to put all our trust and confidence in God and in our lorde Iesus onely and in no creature at all M. Whan is this commaundement rightly fulfilled and kept as it ought to be S. Firste whan I beleue and doubt nothyng at all that almightie God thorough our lorde Iesus Christe wil be my God and helper that he will delyuer me from all euyll and endue me with all felicitie both here and euerlastyng Secondarily whan I put all my trust and confidēce in god our heuenly father thorowe the lorde Iesus Christe onely trusting sekyng for all help comforte of hym alone and of none other creature And that thorow such meanes only as he hath appointed forsakyng all inuencions and dreames of manne Math xv Thus doyng I geue hym his Godly honor whiche is due vnto him M. What is mente by the second commaundement Thou shalte make the no grauen Image The secōde cōmaundement c. howe is that to be vnderstanded S. We ought so to print the maiestie of god which is a spirit Iohn v Exo. xx in our hartes that we neyther make nor sette vp no maner of ymage wherunto any maner of honor or wurship due vnto God onlye may be geuen either outwardly by any gesture Deut. v. Esa xliiii or inwardlye in the herte M. Whan is this commaundement transgressed S. As ofte as we ascribe any diuine power vnto any ymage or seke any helpe at theym or geue any manner of reuerence vnto theym as whan we praye before them whan we knele or fall down before them or make curtesie vnto them settyng vp any candels before theym or censing them or shewyng anye like poynt of reuerence Lykewise whan anye man doeth institute or imagine of his owne head without any authoritie of the word of god
S. Forasmuche as they haue the fauor of God through Christe whatsoeuer is required in them that haue thei also sufficientlye in and through Christe whiche hath taken theyr weakenes vpon himselfe is become their satisfaccion as he is to all others And his fayth and obedience is of grace imputed vnto them and throughe his spirite they are sanctified to bee the tēples of God whose heade and sauior is Christe and they membres of his body M. Than may they be baptised with a good conscience S. Yea no doubt For seyng they are reputed as faythfull in the syghte and iudgement of god thorowe Christe they ought as faythfull to bee baptised that thorowe the ministracion of the churche they may haue a sure token witnes that they are the heyres of the blessyng promised vnto the sede of the faythfull the membres of our sauior Christe cleane purged and washed from all theyr synne in his bloude M. From what synne nedeth a chylde that is newe borne whiche hath wrought neither good nor euil to be purged or washed S. From original sinne whiche is the verye roote of all other synne M. What is originall sinne S. It is the poison infeccion or corrupcion of nature wherein we are conceyued Whiche alwayes resisteth rebelleth and lusteth againste the wyll of God and is euer inclined and redye vnto all euill wickednes and hath a luste and delite therin From the whiche we can none otherwyse be deliuered or pourged but alonlye throughe the power of God in our sauior Christ M. But how are we pourged from this sinne through baptisme S. In as muche as in baptisme we haue a promise that it is forgeuē vs and not imputed to damnacion vnto vs. And againe that the holy ghost is also geuē vs whiche shall dayly mortifie kyll and subdue this synne and wicked inclinacion in vs begynnyng and daylye increasyng in the stede therof a newe affeccion and nature in vs obediente vnto the wyll of God and deliting therin whiche in the blessed resurreccion shall bee altogether perfite M. Nowe tell me what ought our baptisme to worke in vs and to put vs in remembraunce of S. Firste we ought to bee thankefull vnto God for it and vnto our parentes also for furtheryng and healpyng vs vnto it and to receyue all doctrine and correccion of them obediently and redily M. What more S. It ought also to put vs in remēbraunce of the remission of our synnes of the grace and mercye of God and of the blessed resurreccion wherin we shall aryse agayne vnto euerlastyng lyfe By the remembraūce wherof we maye haue a singular comforte agaynst all synne agaynst the deuyll death hell damnacion M. And what els S. Finally it ought to worke in vs a perfite obedience vnto the wyll of God to leade our liues in continuall repentaunce and amendemente praying ernestly that he wyll strengthen and make more perfite in vs through his holy woorde and spirite the newe byrth whiche is already begonne in vs and dayly to mortifie our fleshe and to practise with all faythfulnes and diligence to serue God and to kepe his commaundemētes M. Nowe what is the .v. speciall article of the christen doctrine or religion S. The holy supper of the lorde M. What is the supper of the Lorde S. It is an holy ordinance and institucion of our sauior Christe wherby christen people are commaūded to eate and drynke the bread and cuppe of the Lorde together therby to remembre his passion and to be assured of theyr communion with hym in his body and bloud For it is a pledge and an assuraunce that the Lorde geueth them his bodye bloud to be the foode and nourishemēt of theyr soules vnto euerlastyng lyfe M. Than is it not a bare signe and an vnfruitfull token S. No. For we receyue in the supper a spirituall meate and drinke wherin by the lordes owne institucion the true communion and participaciō of the bodye and bloud of Christe is most liuely represented and confirmed vnto vs. And at the ministracion therof beeyng ministred after Christes institucion it is certayne that he is alwaies presente and worketh effectuously therwith M. How ought this supper to be ministred S. In euery poynte condicion as the Lorde himselfe dyd ministre and ordeyne it M. Where is it written how the lorde did ministre and ordeyne it S. In the holy Euangelistes Mat. xxvi Marc. xiiii Luke xxii Matthew Marke Luke And in the .xi. Chapiter of the fyrst Epistle to the Corinthians in these woordes In the same night that the Lorde Jesus was betrayed he tooke bread and whan he had geuen thankes he brake it M. What learnest thou out of these wordes S. Fyrst I lerne that this supper sealeth vp confirmeth assureth vnto vs the verye true communion of the true body and bloud of Christ with all the frutes and benefites whiche he dyd euer pourchase and merite thorowe his body bloud M. Howe canste thou proue that S. By the verye woordes of the institucion For whereas he commaundeth vs to eate his body and drynke his bloud that is to saye to receyue our nouryshement vnto euerlastyng lyfe thorowe fayth of his bodye and bloud he addeth immediatlye Whiche is geuen vp for you and shed for you By the whiche woordes he signyfieth seeyng we are partakers of his bodye and bloud and in faythe fleshe of his fleshe and bones of his bones he our head and we his members that we are also partakers of all that he did euer purchasse or merite thorow his passion and bloud shedyng that is reconciliacion with God the father remission of our synnes righteousnes and euerlasting lyfe M. What lernest thou more out of the forsayed woordes S. I learne also that the Lorde geueth me thorowe this supper a sure hope and comforte that I am partaker of the new testament and of the couenaūt of grace whiche he confirmed and sealed with his precious bloud M. What is that newe Testamente or couenaunte of grace S. It is this that almyghtye God for the bitter passion and deathes sake of his deare beloued sonne wyll freely pardon and forgeue me all my synnes and take me for his childe and heyre and at the latter daye will rayse me vp agayne vnto euerlastyng ioye requiryng that I should beleue all this stedfastly and loue and serue him obediently M. And is nothyng els to bee noted in the woordes of the institucion S. Yes this also is to be learned that al they which minister or receyue this holy sacramente muste celebrate kepe the memoriall or remembraūce of our sauiour Christe Iesus M. Wherin consisteth this memoriall or remembraunce S. It cōsisteth specially herein that we beeyng assembled and gathered together in his name considre and setfoorth with all diligence and reuerence all the benefites of our Lorde Iesus whiche he hathe doen and suffered for vs or will yet hereafter do for vs And agayne that we render moste highe
laudes and thankes vnto him for suche excellente benefites geuyng vp and yeldyng our selues wholly vnto hym M. What maner of people are to bee admytted vnto this supper S. All that are truly repentaunte and sorye for their sinnes and yet beleue stedfastlie that god for Christes sake wyll be mercyfull vnto them and that they are the true membres of Christe liuing in the feare and true obedience of the Lord and in perfect loue of theyr neighbour as brethren of one kyngdome membres of one bodye and redemed with one bloud of Iesus Christ redye to confesse the doctrine of the holy gospell in the middes of all persecucion and affliccion and to defende it euen vnto death M. what thinkest thou of thē whiche will neuer receiue this holy supper with the faithfull congregacion of Christe S. If they abstaine from it wilfullye of concempte and stubbernes that is to saye yf they maye haue it ministred vnto them after the institucion of the Lorde and yet regarde it not and will not receyue it it is an euidente token that they pertayne nothing at all vnto the body of Christe For whosoeuer beleueth in the Lorde truly can not neglecte or contemne any of his hollye ordinaunces but with all reuerence vse them as ofte he maye M. Where as s Paul sayeth Lette euery manne proue hymselfe and so eate of that bread What is mente therby or whan eate we this supper wurthyly S. Of our selues we can neuer be woorthy vnto it But God of his grace and mercye reputeth vs woorthy of his heauenlye misteries and benefites whansoeuer we referre the remission of oure sinnes and oure saluacion vnto the death and resurreccion of Christe and seke it therat onely Wherfore whansoeuer I receyue the holy supper with this faythe and belefe that Christe Iesus gaue his tender bodye vnto death for me and shedde his precious bloud for me and so redemed me from euerlastyng deathe And that his fleshe and bloude are the foode and sustenaunce of my soule whereby I am refresshed and nourisshed vnto euerlastynge lyfe submitting my selfe in this faythe hartilye and fullye both bodye soule vnto the will of god and vtterly detesting in word dede and example almaner of sinne and wickednes and whatsoeuer maye geue any occasion therunto c. then receyue I this hollye supper wurthyly For this is the true communion and participacion of Christes bodye and bloud wherby we are sure that he dwelleth in vs and we in hym For els we coulde doe none of this at all M. Me thynketh by thy answers that the holy supper of the Lorde sendeth and referreth vs all together vnto the deathe and passion of Christe that we maye so by that meanes enioye and haue fruicion of the same S. Yea forsouth for whan he suffred vpon the crosse then he was made the onely euerlastyng sacrifice sufficiente for our saluacion wherefore there is nothyng remaynyng for vs more but that we maye enioy and haue the fruicion of hym M. And was not the supper ordeyned of God to bee a propiciatory sacrifice wherin the body of Christe should be offered vnto God of freshe or of newe S. No forsouth For that were iniurious vnto his death And the woordes doe sounde thus take and eate c. Where he commaundeth vs not to sacrifice or to offer his body but onely to eate c. M. And why was it ordeyned to bee receiued in two diuerse kyndes S. That was done for our infirmities sake to teache vs the more plainly that he is not only the meate wherwith our soules are norished but also the verye drynke wherwith they are refreshed that we shoulde seke no parte of our spirituall lyfe any where els sauyng at hym and in hym alone M. And ought all men generally without excepcion to receyue both kyndes S. Yea for south so do the woordes of Christe commaund saying drinke ye all of this from the whiche to derogate or mynishe any thyng it were an heynous synne M. But now how oughteste thou to behaue thyselfe after thou haste thus receiued this holy supper S. I oughte fyrste to reioyce in the remission of my synnes in the lyfe of Christe in me and in the blissed resurreccion whan as he shall lyue fully in me and in vs be all in all And thus to auaunce my selfe agaynste synne agaynst the deuyll death and hel And to geue God eternall thankes for all these his excedyng benefites M. What oughtest thou els to doe S. I ought also to subdue to tame and to crucify mine owne fleshe and bloud with al maner of wicked lustes and affecciōs to liue hereafter as a mēbre of that body onely whose head is Christe and not as a membre of any other body But vtterly to yelde and geue ouer myselfe vnto my lorde God to bee one breade and one bodye with all faythfull christians whyche doe truely inuocate and call vpon the name of the Lorde to lyue with them in perfite loue and charitie and wyth this bande of loue to haue my heart fixed and knitte vnto theirs and thus euermore to remayne cōtinue And I ought also to confesse and magnifie my Lorde Iesus in his churche and congregacion with all my woordes and dedes awaytyng dayly to haue this lyfe changed with a better and into a better lyfe M. What yf we receyue the supper with suche as be vnwoorthy doe we make our selues also vnworthy by reason of that S. No we doe not if so be that we consente not vnto theyr synnes but haue in mynde and will yf we can know them and may come vnto them to exhorte and admonishe them faythfully our selues or els cause some other to doe it For it pertayneth vnto no priuate person to exclude any man out of the churche or congregacion but onely vnto the whole churche or vnto them that are chosen appointed of the same vnto that office And theyr duetie it is to considre bothe in this matter and all other what may be most profitable and expediente vnto edificacion M. But nowe why should men receyue this sacramente ofte seing they receyue the sacramente of baptisme but once S. Baptisme is a sacramente of enteraunce into the religiō of Christ and betokeneth that menne are nowe dead vnto the olde lyfe wyll from thencefoorth walke in a newe lyfe Wherfore lyke as Christe died but once that for our synnes and shall from hence foorth dye no more euen so ought the sacrament of baptisme whiche representeth the same to bee receyued but once But the holye supper is a sacramente of procedyng and goyng forward in the religion of Christ and signifieth that the manne whiche is once incorporate vnto Christe and fed or susteyned continually through hym wyll euermore continue procede and goe forwarde in a perfite christian life And forasmuche as many impedimentes lets and temptacions doe chaunce vnto suche menne by the waye which notwithstandyng doe styll hungre and thurst after ryghteousnesse And this supper
rote and head spryng of this sinne whiche is wrath hastines desier of reuengyng and from all that whiche maye by any meanes ensue spryng out of this euyll roote M. Is it lawefull than for no man to reuenge and punyshe open syn S. Yes the high powers magistrates and theyr deputies officers and lawfull ministers vnder them haue authorite and cōmaundement of god whose minysters they are to reuenge with the sweorde all iniquitie Rom. xiii violence and contempte of god and to correcte and punyshe all suche transgressions offences to the glory of God and for the quietnesse of the cōmon welth so that it bee done with all equitie and iustice Sapi i. Deut. i. and .xxiiii Leui. xviiii and .xix Exo. xxiiii without any carnal respect or parcialitie so it bee after godly lawes ordynaunces and not by any cruelnesse or tyranny M. Can not the higher powers or iudges abuse their autoritie S. Yes if they punishe any man that is gyltlesse innocent vnlawefully of any malice enuye hatred beyng moued through couetousnesse or some pryuie grudge or yf they procure any mans death that is innocente or consent vnto it do not resist all violence and iniurye or doe not saue all persones from all mutual harmes or oppressions in euery behalf to the vttermost of theyr powers than they offende againste this commaundemente M. What is mente by the seuenth commaundemente whiche forbiddeth aduoutry S. Therby is commaūded vnto euery man to kepe himself pure and clene from alll maner of vnchastnes filthines and voluptuousnes and from all maner of prouocacions or examples through worde or gesture that myght intice any person eyther young or old to any vnlawfull or inordinate lustes Likewyse from all maner of excesse in eatyng drinkyng or apparell frō all maner of lasciuiouse wanton gestures filthy or baudye rimes or cōmunicacion wherby any man may take occasion of offence or euill for Gods wyll is that we should be pure and holy both in body soule spirit M. Why so S. Because we are the temples of God redemed Leui. xix i. Thes v. washed and sanctified with the moste pure deare and precious bloud of Iesus Christe M. But what thynkest thou of the lawfull vse of matrimony S. Forsouth the lyfe company of man and wife in matrimony after the ordinaunce of God is estemed of the holy ghoste honourable and he prayseth it as his ordinaunce and the veray ryght and onely meane and remedye to lyue a perfite chaste life And therfore it is cōmaunded vnto all men of what state and condicion soeuer they be except they haue a speciall gift or that they be vnapt of nature therunto M. Nowe to the .viii. commaundement The .viii commaundement Thou shalt not steale what is bidden or forbidden in this commaundemente S. Not onely to forbeare stealyng but also that I should not hindre or hurte any man in his ryches or worldely goodes through any subtiltie guile craft deceipt pillage oppression extorcion priuye or open or through any maner of vnrighteousnes or wrongfull meanes whatsoeuer it be M. Whan kepest thou this cōmaundemente S. Whan I submit and offer vppe my selfe vtterly to God our heauenly father through our sauior Iesus Christ that he may mortifie in me all maner of care and sorow after worldly goodes lykewyse all couetousnes sekyng of priuate lucre and idlenes and that he may teache me to put my trust in hym and to be helpfull beneficiall and pitifull towarde my neighbor labouryng truely and diligently in my vocacion that I maye haue also wherwith to help others The ninth cōmaundement M. What is ment by the nynth commaundement Thou shalt not beare any false witnes c. S. That euery manne should help to defende mainteine and further his neyghbours good name fame honestie as his owne And that no man shoulde lye dissemble flatter towarde his neighbor or to bear or take any maner of false recorde or witnesse against him or to geue sentence and iudgemente vpon any manne falsely and vniustly And here is also forbidden all maner of reuilyng slaunderyng or backe bityng of any man all maner of false iudgement wrythyng wrestyng concealyng of the trueth for any pryuate affeccion of enuy malice fauor or lucre M. whan kepest thou this cōmaundement S. whan I loue and confesse the trueth in all my lyfe woordes and dedes without any falsehede or dissimulacion interpreting all wordes reportes of my neighbor as charitie requireth to the best coueryng and excusing as ferre as I can with honestie all thinges that should hurt my neyghbour whiche myght redounde vnto his slaundre shame confusion or dishonor The tenth commaundemente M. What is commaunded in the tenth last commaundemente Thou shalt not lust after thy neyghbors house c. S. That I should neuer haue any vnlawfull lust any wicked thought desyre or affeccion to any thyng contrary to the wil of God but be as pure and wholly in heart mynde wishe and will euen as Adam was before his fall and as heauenly as the celestiall angels of God M. Howe came any manne euer attayne vnto my very enemies without any respect of persones at all And all they whosoeuer haue nede of my helpe whether they dwell nygh vnto me or farre from me For all these am I bounde to helpe and succour so farre as I can by the commaundement of god And what I cannot perfourme for lacke of habilitie there may I wishe in my harte and beare a good minde and affeccion toward all men specially toward myne owne householde kinred and suche as be of the householde of fayth M. What promises of rewarde or thretnynges of punishmente are geuē to the kepers or transgressers of these commaundementes S. Euen those aboue rehearsed in the .ii. commaundement J am the lorde thy God a strong and gelous God c. by the whiche woordes he declareth vnto vs his euerlastyng and immutable iustice and agayne he sheweth vs howe highly he estemeth this his commaūdement that all mankynde bothe small and great myght learne to loue feare and humbly to obey hym M. Howe is god a gelous god S. For as muche as he hath spoused and maried our soules vnto hymselfe Osee ii in euerlastyng loue and in the highest trueth and vnfaynednes therfore he neyther can nor wyll suffre vs to fixe or hang our loue vpon any creature Iohn iii. but only to be maried vnto hym and to loue hym as our onely spouse with our hole hart and affeccion M. Whan doeth God punyshe the children for their parentes wickednes sake Exo. xx Eze. xviii S. Whan the children are lyke vnto theyr parentes in wickednesse and folowe their parentes wicked cōdicions M. And whan doeth God shewe mercye vnto the children for their parētes sake S. Eze. xviii xxxiii Whan the chyldren are vertuous and folowe theyr parentes properties in vertue in the feare of God M. Is
God S. It is a comon maner of speakyng vsed among men whereby is sygnifyed that he hathe receyued euen after his mans nature a power honor aboue all Angels creatures wherin he ruleth with the father in euerlastyng glorye as they do aboute kynges and prynces which sit at theyr ryghthandes M. Wherunto exerciseth the lord this his high godly power dominion S. He exerciseth it in the gouernaunce of all thynges in heauen and vpon yearth continually presence therby vnto all faythfull here vpon yerth to deliuer preserue and defende them from all euyll perill and daunger and to purchase them of the father al that is good and necessarye for them praying for them continually as a true and a mercifull prieste patrone and aduocate vntyll suche tyme as they bee also exalted and taken vppe lyke vnto hym and with him in heauen vnto euerlastyng honor and glory M. What doeth it helpe or profite vs to beleue that Christe is ascended into heauen and that he sitteth at the ryght hande of God S. Fyrste we are assured therby that the waye dore and entreaunce into heauen which was before locked vnto all men by reason of our synne is nowe opened Secondarily it is a syngular comforte vnto vs to confirme vs in pacience in all maner of aduersitie forasmuch as we are sure by this faythe that we haue a myghtie and a louyng protector aduocate and spechemanne with the father in heauen Thyrdly this faythe reioyseth and lifteth vppe our heartes from all yearthly transitorie visible and carnall thynges vnto heauenly eternall inuisible and spirituall thynges putteth vs in remembraunce to lift vppe our heartes from this yearthly and synfull lyfe and to serue our God with heauenly spirituall seruice and not onely with yearthly and bodilye ceremonies M. Beleuest thou any thyng els of our sauior Iesus S. Yea forsouth that he shall come from thence to iudge the quicke and the dead M. What confessest thou by this S. Forsouth that my lorde Iesus Christ shall come againe frō heauen with his verye bodye shall appeare before all the world visiblye in the glorye of his father and shall iudge all menne both such as shall than liue and also those whiche were before dead to the euerlastyng comforte and felicitie of all faythfull whiche haue honored hym and taken him for theyr brother aduocate patrone and defender And agayne to the vtter confusion and condemnacion of all vnfaythfull whiche would neuer beleue his worde nor suffer hym to rule nor to haue dominion ouer them M. But whan shall this iudgemēt once come S. The daye and houre is vnknowen vnto all men wherfore no mā ought to busy or trouble hymselfe muche aboute it but euery one of vs ought continually to loke diligent aboute vs that we do fulfyll those thynges whiche pertayne vnto our vocacion committed vnto vs of the lorde that that tyme and daie come not vpon vs sodenly vnwares and out of season For the ignorance of the daye and tyme ought to put vs continually in remembraunce that we neuer lyue securely rechelesselye Mat. xxiiii and .xxv Luke xii but continually watchyng in the feare of God standyng alwayes prepared with the loynes of our mynde redye gyrded vp i. Peter i. Ti. iii and wayting for the Lorde Iesus Christe shewing our selues good willyng diligente and redye vnto all good workes wherby we maye helpe and further our neyghbor by any meanes M. Do our workes than meryte any thyng of God S. Our workes merite nothyng of God for any worthynes in themselues but yet God whiche of his mercy worketh them in and by vs wyll also of his mercy highly rewarde them in vs. M. Now what foloweth next S. The thirde principall article of the holy ghost our sanctifier M. What are the woordes of this article S. J beleue in the holy gost c. M. What is that to say S. Forsouth thus muche I beleue that there is an holy ghoste whiche procedeth from the father and the sonne with whom he is one very liuyng God the thirde persone in the godhead which worketh so in vs that we shal be partakers of the saluaciciō that is purchased by Christ Through whose power operacion onely all holy men haue spoken and without hym canne no man speake or doe any thyng that is good and godly For we haue nothyng in vs but very darkenesse ignoraunce and hypocrisie M. what is the proper office of the holy ghoste S. It is to sanctifie all those whiche are in the bonde couenante of God through Christe vnto the holye temples of the Lorde that they hereafter may contende and begynne their viage vnto the euerlastyng lyfe in theyr mortall body and also that they may euen here in this lyfe haue theyr God dwellyng in them And agayne it is his office to lyghten theyr heartes with the knowlege of the father and the sonne to leade theim into all trueth to comfort them in al maner of temtacion necessitie and aduersitie to prepare vs vnto a newe life to strengthen vs vnto all goodnesse And so to renewe all christen mennes heartes that they may be changed and made newe men M. But seyng there are many and diuers spirites how may a man discerne and knowe the holy spirite from the worldly deuelishe euil and wicked spirites S. By the fruites properties aboue rehersed but specially by the holy scripture For seyng it is certayne that scripture was inspired by the holy gooste all maner of doctrine that is not consonaunte and agreable vnto it is of an other and not of the holye spirite For the holy spirite is neuer contrarye to hym selfe nor neuer bryngeth in any straunge doctrine in religion M. What followeth S. I beleue an holy christen churche the communion of saintes M. what is that to saye S. That is I beleue and confesse one company and congregaciō of faithfull christians vpon erth from the tyme of Adam vntyll thys daye and vntyll the ende of the worlde whiche is sanctifyed and incorporate into one body vnder one head thorowe the holy goste And they consent and agree together in oure sauiour Christe as the verye membres of one bodye in all thynges pertayning vnto edyfying in faythe and in all Godlynes M. But howe may this congregacion be gathered and suche edifying in faythe and all godlynesse perfourmed S. Thorowe the worde of pure doctryne and exhortacion And thorowe the ryghte vse of the holy sacramentes And thorow other ordynaunces of discipline in the church wherby the christian congregacyon is kepte in order after the worde of God and sundered from all maner of of strange sectes M. Why callest thou the churche holy and christen S. For the causes aboue rehersed because the holy ghoste hathe peculiarlye gathered and sanctified it in a godlye and an holye exercise and lyfe i. Tho. vi in body and sowle and also because Christe hathe sanctified it thorowe his precious bloud M. Why callest thou